There are a gazillion unanswered questions going into the final season of "Lost" on ABC. I said three seasons ago I'd be happy if Lindelcuse explained 80 percent of it by the end of the series.
Still, let's focus on Season 6. (STOP NOW if you haven't watched the show in awhile and plan to catch up.)
To countdown to the last season premiere ever (waah!) of "Lost" ... six story lines I think should be addressed by the series finale.
No. 2: Did Jack's plan work?
It was more like Daniel Farraday's (Jeremy Davies) plan. Set off the hydrogen bomb and
the sheer energy of the blast would forcibly correct the time-hopping. Erase the past - a.k.a. three years of misery for all the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 - and get a new future.
The nuclear reboot probably killed Juliet (the lovely Elizabeth Mitchell. I'm sorry I called you a skank yesterday). The DHARMA people, most of them, were headed off the island. Did they get caught in the fallout?
But Jughead was also supposed to erase the three years covered by the "Lost" saga. So if
the plan works, Locke is still paralyzed. Jack is still a brain surgeon un-addled by a drug addiction, dealing with a divorce and the death of his father. Sawyer is still committing crimes.
And theoretically everyone who died would still be alive. Juliet wouldn't be dead. She'd be back wherever with her sister and nephew.
Charlie (Dominic Monaghan) would still be a heroin addict looking for that next Drive Shaft hit. Boone (Ian Somerhalder) would be
wondering what to do about Shannon and her trifling ways. Ben would still be somewhere, doing whatever it is he did back then. Even Ethan (a.k.a. Tom Cruise's cousin) and Mr. Friendly would still be kicking up dust.
Wait a second. Would anyone, dead or alive or somewhere in between, really be better off had they not landed on the island? They all sound pretty hosed either way.
Here it comes. Headache. Big headache.
Season 6 begins Feb. 2 on ABC. Recap show at 8 p.m. Two-hour premiere at 9.


